Meaning & use
Prosimians
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Primates belonging to a group that includes lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers, generally more primitive than monkeys and apes.
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Prosimians such as lemurs rely heavily on smell, unlike most monkeys.
Madagascar is home to nearly all living prosimians in the wild.
A note on using this word
"Prosimian" literally means "before monkey," reflecting these primates' evolutionarily earlier branching from the primate family tree.
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